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Azhar Ali announces retirement from Test cricket

KARACHI: Pakistan top-order batter and former Test captain Azhar Ali has announced his retirement from red-ball cricket. Azhar Ali, Pakistan’s one of the most successful...

PAKvENG: First Test likely to be postponed after England players fall ill

The first Test between Pakistan and England is likely to be postponed after several players of the touring party were struck down by illness...

Azhar Ali completes 7000 Test runs; becomes 5th Pakistani to do so

Former Test captain of the Pakistan cricket team Azhar Ali has joined the elites of Pakistani batters after completing his 7,000 test runs in...

The three bowlers in Test cricket’s ‘Perfect 10’ club

MUMBAI: New Zealand's Mumbai-born spinner Ajaz Patel on Saturday claimed all 10 wickets in the second Test against India, becoming only the third bowler...

PM Imran Khan hails return of Test cricket to Pakistan

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday welcomed the revival of Test cricket in Pakistan.

Kohli’s ‘mic drop’ gesture adds to the spectacle, says Root

BIRMINGHAM: England captain Joe Root took Virat Kohli’s “mic drop” gesture in good spirit and said the India skipper’s mocking imitation of him had...

Spinner Rashid’s recall prompts Yorkshire criticism

England’s decision to recall Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid to the test side to face India has been criticised by two of his county’s most prominent former players.

Test cricket a step forward for ambitious Ireland

DUBLIN: Ireland will make a giant leap when they host their first ever test match, against Pakistan in Dublin on Friday, the start of...

ICC mulls strategy to save Test cricket from T20 influence

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) is likely to consider changes that will help cricket boards address the issue of talent drain due to...

Test match cricket being strangled by Twenty20 “weed”, says Michael Holding

LONDON: Test match cricket faces a bleak future with the sport’s administrators failing to control the ‘runaway weed’ of the hugely popular Twenty20 format,...

Ramiz Raja wants Test ‘window’

LONDON: Former Pakistan batsman Ramiz Raja has urged the International Cricket Council to set aside a two-month window solely for Test matches in a...

I want to carry on playing Test cricket if “Pakistan wants me”: Younis Khan

SYDNEY: Pakistan’s Younis Khan said he wants to carry on playing Test cricket for his country as he nears the summit of 10,000 Test...

Bats not to blame for bowlers’ plight, says Warner

CANBERRA: Australia opener David Warner says flat pitches rather than bats with thicker edges are the reason batsmen have the upper hand in test cricket.

Ricky Ponting calls for bat size restriction

CANBERRA: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting wants size limits on bats because he believes batsmen are enjoying an unfair advantage, especially in Test cricket, and said he would raise his concerns at the MCC World Cricket Committee meeting on Monday.

Amir backs life bans for fixers

KARACHI: Fast bowler Mohammad Amir said match-fixers should be banned for life as he prepares to return to Test cricket at Lord’s, where an infamous 2010 spot-fixing scandal landed him a jail term and a five-year ban.

England propose points system for Sri Lanka series

NEW DELHI: England have attempted a minor shake-up of the largely conventional world of test cricket by offering to use a points-based system to determine the winner of their home series against Sri Lanka.

Captained by Misbah, Pakistan fared well in Test Cricket in 2015

KARACHI: Pakistan team's performance in test cricket might have not been upto the mark but the team under the leadership of Misbah-ul-Haq did not lose a single test series in 2015, ARY News reported.

Misbah looks to prolong Pakistan career

KARACHI: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said Sunday he hopes to stay in the view of selectors and prolong his Test career by playing in domestic matches and possibly for an English county.

Test cricket makeover faces its pink revolution

SYDNEY: Venerable Test cricket, 138 years after its origins, is about to get a glitzy makeover in this week's first-ever day-night Test match between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide.

Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson retires

PERTH: Fiery Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson Tuesday announced his retirement from all international cricket after the ongoing Test against New Zealand, joining a host of fellow veterans to recently call it quits.
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